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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179440 | Method and system for object surveillance and real time activity recognition Method and system for objects surveillance and real-time activity recognition is based on analysis of spatio-temporal images of individuals under surveillance where a spatio-temporal volume occupied by each individual is decomposed by crossing the same at specific h... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179441 | Hand-off monitoring method and hand-off monitoring system A hand-off monitoring method is provided for monitoring a space divided into several monitoring regions. Each of the monitoring regions is monitored by a surveillance camera. The hand-off monitoring method comprises receiving a warning signal from a location and ide... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169482 | Monitor video accumulation system A surveillance video accumulation system pertaining to the present invention includes a plurality of surveillance camera units and a video accumulation unit that are connected with each other via a network. Among pieces of video data that have been encoded according... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159538 | Monitoring apparatus, filter calibration method, and filter calibration program A monitoring apparatus includes a filter setting unit configured to store filter setting information for analyzing the video data, a filtering unit configured to determine whether the video data satisfies a filter condition of a filter stored in the filter setting u... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154599 | Imaging region adjustment device An imaging region adjustment device includes plural camera terminals, capable of imaging an entire imaging target without blinds spots. Each of the camera terminals includes a camera which images a virtual imaging region obtained while changing the position of an im... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144197 | Adaptive surveillance network and method A plurality of modules interact to form an adaptive network in which each module transmits and receives data signals indicative of proximity of objects. A central computer accumulates the data produced or received and relayed by each module for analyzing proximity r... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8115813 | Optical system for capturing images An optical system includes a first set of cameras and a second set of cameras, and an optical assembly. The first set of cameras receive first light originating from each of a set of first portions of a printed circuit board. The first light transmits along a first ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115812 | Monitoring system, camera, and video encoding method The present invention provides a monitoring system enabling efficient determination of code amounts for respective cameras according to the movement of an object. Each camera (101) making up the monitoring system includes: a collaboration parameter updating u... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102423 | Method and system for performing adaptive image acquisition An adaptive image acquisition system and method that generates virtual view of a surveillance scene to a user (operator), in which, the user operates the system. Through viewing the virtual view, the user controls sensors that create the virtual view. The sensors co... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8063936 | Modular immersive surveillance processing system and method According to an aspect of the invention, a system for providing immersive surveillance a site has a plurality of cameras each producing a respective raw video of a respective portion of the site. A processing component receives the raw video from the cameras and gen... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7929828 | Method for editing source video to slow motion or fast motion on the recordable media A method for editing source video in a DVD media for a slow motion recording special effect. According to the method, the DVD device receives a source video signal comprised of a plurality of source pictures. Each of the source video pictures is recorded in a select... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929016 | Monitoring system, monitoring method and camera terminal A monitoring system is provided that thoroughly covers an area subject to monitoring, through shooting areas of plural camera terminals, while shooting with resolution according to distribution of importance for monitoring. The monitoring system includes camera term... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924311 | Camera terminal and monitoring system A camera terminal where tables where camera operations are described are not required, and that continues thoroughly imaging a monitoring subject region as a complete system even when a portion of cameras shuts down due to a failure is provided. The present i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7889232 | Method and system for surveillance of vessels A surveillance system and method for vessels. The system comprises surveillance means for surveying a waterway; vessel detection means for determining the presence and location of a vessel in the waterway based on information from the surveillance means; camera mean... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876353 | Video production with selectable camera angles An apparatus for viewing an event at an event site includes a plurality of cameras disposed about an event site, the cameras providing views of the event site from at least two different camera angles, and a viewer in communication with the plurality of cameras, the... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7855729 | Video recording control system A video recording control system includes monitor cameras and video recording apparatuses. The monitor cameras are assigned to the video recording apparatuses in a manner such that each of the video recording apparatuses corresponds to at least one assigned monitor ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7812856 | Providing multiple perspectives of a venue activity to electronic wireless hand held devices Methods and systems for providing multiple perspectives of a venue activity to electronic hand held devices are disclosed. A system for providing venue-based data to venue-based wireless hand held device can include at least one processor for processing data capture... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7787013 | Monitor system and camera A monitor system which can flexibly deal with changes in the system structure and perform monitoring of high quality includes a plurality of cameras and connected via a communication medium. Each of the plurality of cameras includes: an image capturing device which ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7738008 | Infrared security system and method An infrared (IR) security system and method is disclosed comprising two or more IR cameras directed upon a common surveillance area. Locations of the cameras and their optical fields of view are pre-established and stored in a central computer database. Computer pro... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7724280 | Dual surveillance camera system A surveillance system having two specialized surveillance cameras with corresponding specialized illuminators is provided in a dual compartment container that eliminates internal light reflection problems by separating each camera and corresponding illuminator while... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719568 | Image processing system for integrating multi-resolution images The image processing system for integrating multi-resolution images mainly applies several different multi-resolution image capture devices to extract the images from the observed scene and using the multi-resolution imaging devices to present the scene images relat... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7639275 | Summarization of football video content Summarization of video content including football. ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7602416 | Internet surveillance system and method A system and method are disclosed for a central server to manage remote monitoring tasks performed by users of a data network. An exemplary method comprises: receiving a request from a user of a user device to monitor a remote location; determining a remote location... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7557825 | Camera system, camera, and camera control method Camera information corresponding to the position at which the target to be searched for in the captured image is detected is identified, another camera specified by the identified camera information receives a notification that the target has been detected (S209 | 07/07/2009 |
| 7542071 | Image transmission system, image pickup apparatus, image pickup apparatus unit, key generating apparatus, and program An image transmission system comprises: one or a plurality of image pickup apparatus each having a unique identifying number and having an encrypting function for encrypting a picked-up image for transmission to a network; a key generating apparatus for generating, ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7499077 | Summarization of football video content Summarization of video content including football. ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7474331 | Summarization of football video content Summarization of video content including football. ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7433588 | Camera control apparatus, camera control method, program and storage medium Traveling photographing of a camera is controlled in accordance with a plurality of photographing parameters and priority orders of the plurality of photographing parameters, respective stored in a storage unit, a motion of an object photographed with the camera is ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429139 | Temporary surveillance system A surveillance system is provided including a platform having a plurality and variety of cameras or sensors mounted thereto, and a base enclosure adapted to accommodate a power supply, a variety of electronics and other equipment for controlling and providing power ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428000 | System and method for distributed meetings A system and method for teleconferencing and recording of meetings. The system uses a variety of capture devices (a novel 360° camera, a whiteboard camera, a presenter view camera, a remote view camera, and a microphone array) to provide a rich experience for peopl... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428344 | System and method for detecting obstacle A computer readable storage medium storing instructions of a computer program which when executed by a computer results in performance of steps including inputting a first image and a second image from two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a tra... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425984 | Compound camera and methods for implementing auto-focus, depth-of-field and high-resolution functions A compound camera system for generating an enhanced virtual image having a large depth-of-field. The compound camera system comprises a plurality of component cameras for generating image data of an object and a data processor for generating the enhanced virtual ima... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420590 | Video matting using camera arrays A method and system for determining an alpha matte for a video is presented. A set of videos is acquired by an array of cameras. A centrally located camera in the array is designated as a reference camera and acquires a reference video. A foreground depth plane is s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421148 | System and method for detecting obstacle A computer readable storage medium storing instructions of a computer program which when executed by a computer results in performance of steps including inputting a first image and a second image from two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a tra... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7382397 | Systems and methods for controlling devices over a network Methods and systems that include providing at least one controlled region, at least one controlled region device associated with the controlled region(s), and a processor-controlled user device, the user device having an interface by which a user can select one of c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382934 | System and method for detecting obstacle A method for detecting an obstacle by using two cameras, the obstacle being on a reference plane in a field of view common to the two cameras, the method inputting a first image and a second image from the two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373270 | Diagnosing device for stereo camera mounted on robot, and diagnostic method of stereo camera mounted on robot apparatus A diagnostic mat has a texture, which enables avoiding mismatching in diagnosis and calibration, such as uniform and unduplicated patterns, for example, random dot patterns, fractal, natural images, and the like. A robot apparatus placed on the diagnostic mat assume... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369157 | Video monitoring system using daisy chain A video monitoring system using daisy chain is disclosed. The video monitoring system can display a multiplexed image consisting of four or more pictures by bypassing video signals captured by a plurality of video cameras through several stages. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366595 | Vehicle drive assist system A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for ste... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365772 | Communication method and monitoring camera system A monitoring camera system including a plurality of monitoring cameras, a plurality of monitors, a multiplexer for switching a connection between the monitoring camera and the monitor, and a plurality of controllers for remotely controlling the monitoring cameras th... | 04/29/2008 |
